Even young filmmakers enjoy coming to the CcHub to network with tech-savvy developers who might be able to help with movie editing or special effects software.

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Angellist has also become a sort of private social network for the tech-savvy seed investing crowd.

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At the top of this emerging field is Currensee, founded by an Israeli currency trader and his tech-savvy partner in 2009 as a social network for people interested in Forex.

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With his backroom savvy, copious network and tidy bank balance, he is also a master of Thailand's old-style politicking.

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